For four days there was eerie silence. No appearance, barely any tweets, no golf tournament, no spontaneous press event - for a man like Donald Trump, who loves public appearances like others love oxygen, an eternity. On social media, speculation exploded: Is he seriously ill? Did he fall? Is he dead? Under hashtags like #TrumpIsDead the internet overflowed with memes, fake screenshots and conspiracy theories. CNN headlines were faked, TikTok videos reached millions, and even serious commentators began to cautiously ask questions.
Then on Saturday came the image that ended the flood of rumors: Donald Trump appeared at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, after leaving the White House at 8:45 a.m. EST. Speculation about his health continues - bruises on his hands and slight swelling on his ankles had already been noticed before - but his appearance looked more like a show of strength: Look, I am here, I am standing, I am playing golf.
ChatGPT: The rumors intensified dramatically on Friday after Trump had not appeared in public for two days. On X, the hashtag “#whereistrump” shot to the top of the trending topics, and videos with millions of views questioned the president’s whereabouts. According to the platform’s analytics, more than 200,000 posts with phrases like “TRUMP IS DEAD” were recorded.
The White House did not respond directly, but on Friday evening Trump’s Truth Social account published a combative message about his tariffs – a clear signal that the president remains in office. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that he was “very confident” the president is in good health and will complete his term. BBC journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh compared the rumors to similar speculation about Joe Biden, Putin, or Xi Jinping that regularly goes viral. Political scientist Ian Bremmer said this was less a sign of Trump’s health and more an expression of the deep mistrust many people have toward institutions and official information.
With the new photos and confirmation of his golf outing, the speculation is now considered debunked – the president is alive, visibly active, and clearly still capable of governing.
See also our earlier article at: https://kaizen-blog.org/en/224-pfund-wahrheit-wenn-trump-101-kilo-wiegt-bin-ich-ein-pelikan/
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Schade.
Dachte ich mir auch!!
Einerseits schade – andererseits, was nach ihm kommt, kann noch viel schlimmer sein!
Aber ist schon sehr eigenartig, dass MAGA wie verrückt Fotos teilen, mit veränderten Metadaten.
Nichts war da sicher nicht.
Er sieht nicht gut aus …. aber ja, er ist am Leben.
Bei Biden wäre sofort von den Republikanern eine umfassende gesundheitliche Untersuchung gefordert worden.
Aber die kann ja dann sein Buddy RKJ machen….
ja, total schräg mit den videos und bildern, na mal sehen ob man morgen noch etwas erfährt – ist aber nicht unser journalitisches ding diese art storys, daher werden wir da nicht viel machen, ausser fakten